Subject: RE: FOR REVIEW: Cruz Engages in Cheap Insults on the Minimum Wage
From: "Garcia, Walter" <[email-masked]>
To: "Lykins, Tyler" <[email-masked]>, "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email-masked]>, RR2 <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2016 10:20:15 -0700

Added link in!

From: Lykins, Tyler
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2016 1:19 PM
To: Paustenbach, Mark; RR2
Subject: RE: FOR REVIEW: Cruz Engages in Cheap Insults on the Minimum Wage

Small edits. Also, the video link doesn't work - could I get that to make sure the transcript lines up?

Thanks!

From: Paustenbach, Mark
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2016 1:14 PM
To: RR2
Subject: FOR REVIEW: Cruz Engages in Cheap Insults on the Minimum Wage

SL: Cruz Engages in Cheap Insults on the Minimum Wage

Earlier today, at a rally in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Ted Cruz was asked about the minimum wage and why raising it is always a bad idea. He answered by saying that, "politicians love giving away free stuff...there ain't no such thing as a free lunch."

WATCH HERE<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sNtTPeQE14&feature=youtu.be>

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sNtTPeQE14&feature=youtu.be>

In response, DNC National Press Secretary Mark Paustenbach issued the following statement:

"This cheap insult is further evidence that Cruz and the rest of the Republican field is hopelessly out-of-touch with the struggles of hard-working American families. This is not new. Mitt Romney used the same offensive language in 2012 when he told his donors that members<http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/romney-naacp-members-want-free-stuff> of the NAACP also want 'free stuff.' Remember that every single GOP candidate for president is opposed to raising the minimum wage. America needs a leader someone in the Oval Office who can build upon the progress of the last seven years, not resort to cheap insults and failed policies."